title: ZR-75-1 human breast cancer cells: expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and effect of tamoxifen and phorbol ester on nitric oxide production.
abstract: The existence of the L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway was investigated in ZR-75-1 human breast cancer cells. The presence of inducible nitric oxide synthase in these cells was confirmed by staining with an anti-iNOS antibody. ZR-75-1 cells spontaneously produced nitric oxide (NO) and this production could be significantly (P < 0.001) enhanced by L-arginine (0.01-10 mM) and was inhibited by L-NAME (2 mM). Stimulating the cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) (200-1000 nM) resulted in a significant (P < 0.001) increase in NO2- secreted into the medium. Although treatment of the same cells with tamoxifen (10(-10)-10(-6) M) had no effect on NO production, tamoxifen was able to significantly (P < 0.001) downregulate PMA-enhanced nitrite production. Our results suggest that tamoxifen could play a role in the biology of nitric oxide in breast tumours.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, UK.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alalami
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D013629:Tamoxifen; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; C496319:NOS2 protein, human; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester